WMTW News 8's David Charns reports on a private road in Freeport destroyed in a flash flood earlier this month and how a local contractor plans to lead an effort to rebuilt it. A storm earlier in August destroyed the road.

(VO) A ROAD CUT OFF FROM SOCIETY IN FREEPORT -- MAY SOON BE FIXED. NEIGHBORS HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING... THEY EVEN WROTE A LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA TRYING TO GET HELP. WELL TODAY -- THEIR PRAYERS WERE ANSWERED. "it's a scary situation to come across when you're leaving in the morning and you have no road" ARLENE SIEGART-YOUNG WOKE UP TWO WEEKS AGO TO THIS -- THE PRIVATE ROAD TO HER HOUSE -- AND HER NEIGHBORS.... GONE... WASHED OUT FROM TORRENTIAL RAIN. THE TOWN OF FREEPORT WON'T STEP IN -- BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONE OF THEIR ROADS... LEAVING IT UP TO RESIDENT SON THE OTHER END TO FIGURE OUT. "i worry everyday about emergency services. They can't get back to us" TODAY -- A TEMPORARY FIX IS IN PLACE -- BUT IT'S NOT SAFE. A áPERMANENTá SPAN -- COMPLETE WITH GUARD RAILS -- áCOULDá COST UPWARDS OF 80- THOUSAND DOLLARS. "now I understand the power of nature" THEN -- A PHONE CALL. "i woke up this morning and that was my first call that I got and I thought, 'some one is blessing me right now'" ARLEEN SAYS A FREEPORT CONTRACTOR IS OFFERING TO POOL TOGETHER ENGINEERS AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES -- "he called me back this morning and said they want to help" DETAILS HAVEN'T BEEN WORKED OUT -- BUT THE PERMANENT FIX COULD COST THESE NEIGHBORS CLOSE TO NOTHING. "he's just doing out of the goodness of his heart and I have no words to describe how that feels because no one else has come to us" THAT LOCAL CONTRACTOR IS EXPECTED TO MEET WITH NEIGHBORS ON

Gen. David Petraeus pleaded guilty to federal charges Tuesday to end a probe into whether he provided classified information to his mistress when he was CIA director, according to a U.S. official briefed on the matter.